Why Expertise Can Narrow Vision
Experience is powerful, but it can also create assumptions. Beginners ask obvious questions that experts forget to revisit.
Practicing Beginner’s Mind
- Ask basic questions without embarrassment.
- Look at familiar problems as if seeing them for the first time.
- Notice where expertise has become automatic.
Curiosity Restores Possibility
Thinking like a beginner does not mean ignoring knowledge. It means staying open enough to keep discovering.
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